A Central Florida mayor is under investigation for allegedly hitting his wife and then firing a gun in the couple’s home.

Tavares Mayor Robert Wolfe is the target of a probe after his wife filed a complaint with the Lake County Sheriff's Office.

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Tavares police said a woman showed up Wednesday night at the police station to report that she had been battered by her husband.

Because the woman is married to the mayor, police felt it would be a conflict to investigate so they requested the sheriff’s office.

The woman told investigators she and her husband got into an argument at a Tavares bar and she was struck on the arm.

In a handwritten complaint, Wolfe’s wife said he also fired his handgun in his bedroom last month. "On April 24 at 7:03 p.m., he fired his Beretta in the bedroom, because he was drunk, pushing me, drunk,” she wrote.